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Scylla. The expression "caught between a rock and a hard
place" refers to two mythical beasts in Greek mythology. Scylla was a
monstrous multi-headed spider who would eat hapless sailors passing near her
cave. However, in order to steer clear of this catastrophe one would have to
sail near Charybdis who was supposedly able to swallow a large portion of the
ocean (including ships) and spit it back out (without the ships, of course). |